On April 24, several outdoor enthusiasts from Sichuan drove 10 off-road vehicles into in Xinjiang Lop Nur area, and conducted a 4-day and 4-night crossing. Staff at the Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve said that all social groups, units or individuals are strictly prohibited from entering to conduct tourism and adventure activities in the Lop Nur Reserve. After an investigation yesterday, the reporter found that the "Lop Nur Crossing Tour" has been very popular in recent years, but the management department said that due to the vast territory and flat terrain, there are certain difficulties in supervision work.
Photos of a hiker driving through Lop Nur without authorization this time.
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Hikers drove 10 off-road vehicles through Lop Nur without authorization
reporters learned that this crossing of Lop Nur was organized by a car enthusiast club in Chengdu. The participants came from all over Sichuan. They drove 10 off-road vehicles into the Lop Nur area, and it took a total of 4 days and 4 nights to travel.
Participant Mr. Ma said in an interview that they entered Lop Nur from Kumtag Desert on the morning of April 24. After entering the desert, they also used drones to take aerial shots of 10 off-road vehicles "racing" side by side in the Gobi of Lop Nur.
Mr. Ma said that during the crossing, the team members had suffered a overturn accident. An off-road vehicle rolled down from the sand dunes and overturned several times. Fortunately, the people in the car were not seriously injured and the car could continue to move. In the second half of the itinerary, the convoy also encountered situations such as the oil supply being exhausted and the navigation was unable to distinguish the direction, but these problems were resolved one by one. On April 28, the convoy boarded National Highway 315 from the ancient city of Milan and completed the crossing of the Lop Nur area.
Regarding this crossing activity, participants admitted that they did not report it to the local management department.
A hiker once posted photos of an ancient tomb lid in Lop Nur.
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Previously, there were illegal crossers who had uncovered the cover of the ancient tomb coffin
reporter learned that there was a " Alvin Mountain -Lop Nur Wild Camel Nature Reserve" in the Lop Nur area. In June 2003, the reserve was upgraded to a national nature reserve. The entire reserve area was 61,200 square kilometers. In addition to my country's national first-class protected animal wild camel, there are also Tarim rabbits, wild horses, swans, jungle cats, etc.
However, in recent years, the number of activities to travel to Rob has gradually increased, and many travelers ignore the ban and travel through Lop Nur many times. A member of the car club, Han Lu (pseudonym), posted photos of their entire itinerary through Lop Nur on the Internet. The photos show that a convoy of 4 off-road vehicles entered the Lop Nur area and took 5 days to complete the crossing of Lop Nur through the old barracks, Dasha Mountain, the ruins of the ancient country of Lan, the lake center monument, etc. In the photo, the team ignored the sign set on the edge of the Lop Nur area, and even took photos under the sign. In the area where the ancient cemetery was concentrated, the travelers even unveiled the coffin lid of an ancient tomb to check the ancient corpse inside.
Investigation
Traveling through Lop Nur has become a number of travel agencies.
Investigation found that in addition to activities similar to those organized by members of automobile clubs and outdoor clubs themselves, on many travel service platforms, searching for "Strip Nur" can also find a lot of content.
On the page of one of the travel agencies, the reporter saw that the 9-day journey of travel includes attractions such as Bayiquan, Pengjiamu Cemetery, Luobu Town, Yuchunshun Tomb, and the cost is 23,800 yuan per person. When the reporter asked about the fee questions as a tourist, the seller said: "The tickets to Lop Nur are now very difficult to handle, with the handling fee plus the tickets being nearly 9,000 yuan."
The reporter contacted another outdoor organization with the "Traveling through Lop Nur" project as an outdoor enthusiast. Their publicity materials stated that the entire Lop Nur crossing trip was 7 days in total. The team gathered in Dunhuang. On the way, they passed by attractions such as Bayiquan, Pengjiamu Cemetery, Thanksgiving Monument, Longcheng Yadan, Luobu Town, Yu Chunshun Tomb and other attractions. The entire journey was 19,800 yuan per person. A staff member of the organization introduced that tourists can drive their own vehicles or choose to take the off-road vehicle they provide, with the number of people crossing each time being about 20 people.
"Our fees include management fees for wild camel reserves, etc. We will communicate with the local management department before entering Lop Nur, which includes a 'ticket' of 4,000 yuan per person." The staff member said.
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management department: This incident will be investigated
"There is no such thing as 'ticket' at all." A staff member of the Xinjiang Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve Administration told reporters on the afternoon of the 9th that tourism and adventure activities are strictly prohibited in the reserves, and no relevant fees have been charged. The so-called "tickets" are all statements that these organizations have made money by cleverly establishing names.
This staff member told reporters that the Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve is horseshoe-shaped and is divided into experimental zones, buffer zones and core zones. Except for the approval of scientific research and other related reasons, humans are strictly prohibited from entering the experimental zone.
The staff member said that in recent years, they have issued notices many times, prohibiting human activities such as tourism adventures in the protected areas. On April 23 this year, the Administration just issued a "Notice on Prohibition of Human Activities such as Tourism and Expeditions in the National Nature Reserve of Lop Nur Wild Camels in Xinjiang", which clearly stipulates that "all social groups and individuals are strictly prohibited from entering the protected area for tourism, adventure and other activities."
reserve is the main gathering place for rare and endangered species of wild camels. Spring is the period of wild camels giving birth, and wild camels are timid in nature. Humans enter activities, which may affect the lives of wild camels.
reporters found that many outdoor groups will use the Kumtag Desert and Bayi Spring as important attractions on their journey, and these areas are important habitats for wild camels. "Some people say they won't take the initiative to chase wild animals, but wild camels are very timid and will run once they are discovered. Some newborn little camels may overdraw their physical strength or run away with their mother because of their frightened running." The staff member introduced.
In addition to areas explicitly prohibited in the protected area, although some of the "classic attractions" of the Lop Nur journey are not in the protected area, because the protected area is very large, many people will cross the protected area in order to take shortcuts. "Like those who go to Pengjiamu Cemetery, the metropolis passes through our reserve." The staff member told reporters.
"The protected area is very large, and the signal is not good, so it is very difficult for us to search and rescue." The staff member also hopes that the majority of time travel enthusiasts can consider it from the perspective of their own safety and do not enter Lop Nur again. "We will persuade people who want to travel through time, but Lop Nur will be very large in area and the terrain is flat, so it is very difficult to check."
Regarding the Sichuan time travel enthusiasts entering the reserve this time, the staff member said that they are investigating. If the investigation finds that their route passes within the boundary of the reserve, the Reserve Administration will impose corresponding penalties on them in accordance with relevant laws.
Source: Beijing Youth Daily Editor: Zhu Zhenguo
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